Drimva

Apple

Director, Automation & Tools - Camera & Photos

$311K–$497K

Cupertino, California · Director · Full-time · Posted May 28, 2026

Experience
10+ years in software engineering, automation, or developer productivity tooling; 8+ years of engineering leadership, including 3+ years managing managers and senior managers as a Director.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience. Advanced degree is a plus.

About the job

Leads the Camera & Photos Automation & Tools organization, building automation systems and AI-enabled tools to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and delivery.

What you'll do

  • Set strategy for automation and tooling; build tools that reduce manual work and improve test coverage and reliability.
  • Drive agentic AI adoption for test creation, debugging, validation, and workflow orchestration; scale CI/CD systems for imaging pipelines.
  • Partner across engineering, QA, and infrastructure; establish improvement metrics and hire, mentor, and grow the team.

What they ask for

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, automation, or developer productivity tooling.
  • 8+ years of engineering leadership, including 3+ years managing managers and senior managers as a Director.
  • Strong background in test automation, CI/CD systems, or large-scale developer infrastructure, with a track record of improving engineering velocity and product quality at scale.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

Nice to have

  • Experience with imaging systems, camera pipelines, or media processing workflows.
  • Experience building or integrating AI/ML systems into engineering workflows, or with simulation, synthetic data generation, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or developer platforms.

Pay

$311,100 and $496,900 USD base salary

Tools

CI/CD, LLMs

AI focus

Drive adoption of agentic AI systems for test creation, debugging, validation, and workflow orchestration; build or integrate AI/ML into engineering workflows.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)